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36 U.S.C. § 220501 — Short title and definitions
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**(a) Short Title.—** This chapter may be cited as the “Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act”.
**(b) Definitions.—** For purposes of this chapter—
(1) “amateur athlete” means an athlete who meets the eligibility standards established by the national governing body or paralympic sports organization for the sport in which the athlete competes.
(2) “amateur athletic competition” means a contest, game, meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other event in which amateur athletes compete.
(3) “amateur sports organization” means a not-for-profit corporation, association, or other group organized in the United States that sponsors or arranges an amateur athletic competition.
(4) “Athletes’ Advisory Council” means the entity established and maintained under section 220504(b)(2)(A) that—
(A) is composed of, and elected by, amateur athletes to ensure communication between the corporation and currently active amateur athletes; and
(B) serves as a source of amateur-athlete opinion and advice with respect to policies and proposed policies of the corporation.
(5) “Center” means the United States Center for SafeSport designated under section 220541.
(6) “child abuse” has the meaning given the term in section 212 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ([34 U.S.C. 20302](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20302&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(7) “corporation” means the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
(8) “international amateur athletic competition” means an amateur athletic competition between one or more athletes representing the United States, individually or as a team, and one or more athletes representing a foreign country.
(9) “national governing body” means an amateur sports organization, a high-performance ma
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**(a) Short Title.—** This chapter may be cited as the “Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act”.
**(b) Definitions.—** For purposes of this chapter—
(1) “amateur athlete” means an athlete who meets the eligibility standards established by the national governing body or paralympic sports organization for the sport in which the athlete competes.
(2) “amateur athletic competition” means a contest, game, meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other event in which amateur athletes compete.
(3) “amateur sports organization” means a not-for-profit corporation, association, or other group organized in the United States that sponsors or arranges an amateur athletic competition.
(4) “Athletes’ Advisory Council” means the entity established and maintained under section 220504(b)(2)(A) that—
(A) is composed of, and elected by, amateur athletes to ensure communication between the corporation and currently active amateur athletes; and
(B) serves as a source of amateur-athlete opinion and advice with respect to policies and proposed policies of the corporation.
(5) “Center” means the United States Center for SafeSport designated under section 220541.
(6) “child abuse” has the meaning given the term in section 212 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ([34 U.S.C. 20302](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20302&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(7) “corporation” means the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
(8) “international amateur athletic competition” means an amateur athletic competition between one or more athletes representing the United States, individually or as a team, and one or more athletes representing a foreign country.
(9) “national governing body” means an amateur sports organization, a high-performance management organization, or a paralympic sports organization that is certified by the corporation under section 220521.
(10) “protected individual” means any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, manager, administrator, or official associated with the corporation or a national governing body.
(11) “retaliation” means any adverse or discriminatory action, or the threat of an adverse or discriminatory action, including removal from a training facility, reduced coaching or training, reduced meals or housing, and removal from competition, carried out against a protected individual as a result of any communication, including the filing of a formal complaint, by the protected individual or a parent or legal guardian of the protected individual relating to the allegation of physical abuse, sexual harassment, or emotional abuse, with—
(A) the Center;
(B) a coach, trainer, manager, administrator, or official associated with the corporation;
(C) the Attorney General;
(D) a Federal or State law enforcement authority;
(E) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; or
(F) Congress.
(12) “sanction” means a certificate of approval issued by a national governing body.
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The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1) designating February as American Heart Month;
(2) inviting the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating February as American Heart Month; and
(3) urging the people of the United States to recognize the nationwide problem of heart and blood vessel diseases and to support all essential programs required to solve the problem.
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**(a) In General.—** With respect to each sport included on the program of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, or the Parapan American Games, the corporation—
(1) may certify as a national governing body an amateur sports organization, a high-performance management organization, or a paralympic sports organization that files an application and is eligible for such certification under section 220522; and
(2) may not certify more than 1 national governing body.
**(b) Public Hearing.—** Before certifying an organization as a national governing body, the corporation shall hold at least 2 public hearings on the application. The corporation shall publish notice of the time, place, and nature of the hearings. Publication shall be made in a regular issue of the corporation’s principal publication at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before the date of the hearings. The corporation shall send written notice, which shall include a copy of the application, at least 30 days prior to the date of any such public hearing to all amateur sports organizations known to the corporation in that sport.
**(c) Recommendation to International Sports Federation.—** Within 61 days after certifying an organization as a national governing body, the corporation shall recommend and support in any appropriate manner the national governing body to the appropriate international sports federation as the representative of the United States for that sport.
**(d) Review of Certification.—** Not later than 8 years after the date of the enactment of the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020, and not less frequently than once every 4 years thereafter, the corporation—
(1) shall review all matters related to the continued certification of an
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For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “Administrator” means the agency head designated under [section 11111(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11111/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the term “applicant” means a child protective service, law enforcement, legal, medical and mental health agency or other agency that responds to child abuse cases;
(3) the term “census region” means 1 of the 4 census regions (northeast, south, midwest, and west) that are designated as census regions by the Bureau of the Census as of November 4, 1992;
(4) the term “child abuse” means physical or sexual abuse or neglect of a child, including human trafficking and the production of child pornography;
(5) the term “multidisciplinary response to child abuse” means a coordinated team response to child abuse that is based on mutually agreed upon procedures among the community agencies and professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that best meets the needs of child victims and their nonoffending family members;
(6) the term “nonoffending family member” means a member of the family of a victim of child abuse other than a member who has been convicted or accused of committing an act of child abuse;
(7) the term “regional children’s advocacy program” means the children’s advocacy program established under [section 20303(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20303/a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(8) the term “State chapter” means a membership organization that provides technical assistance, training, coordination, grant administration, oversight, and organizational capacity support to local children’s advocacy centers, multidisci
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**(a) In general** In the case of a covered sports medicine professional who has in effect medical professional liability insurance coverage and provides in a secondary State covered medical services that are within the scope of practice of such professional in the primary State to an athlete or an athletic team (or a staff member of such an athlete or athletic team) pursuant to an agreement described in subsection (c)(4) with respect to such athlete or athletic team—
(1) such medical professional liability insurance coverage shall cover (subject to any related premium adjustments) such professional with respect to such covered medical services provided by the professional in the secondary State to such an individual or team as if such services were provided by such professional in the primary State to such an individual or team; and
(2) to the extent such professional is licensed under the requirements of the primary State to provide such services to such an individual or team, the professional shall be treated as satisfying any licensure requirements of the secondary State to provide such services to such an individual or team to the extent the licensure requirements of the secondary State are substantially similar to the licensure requirements of the primary State.
**(b) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section shall be construed—
(1) to allow a covered sports medicine professional to provide medical services in the secondary State that exceed the scope of that professional’s license in the primary State;
(2) to allow a covered sports medicine professional to provide medical services in the secondary State that exceed the scope of a substantially similar sports medicine professional license in the secondary State;
(3) to supersede any reciprocity agreemen
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**(a) Definitions** In this subchapter:
(1) **United States Olympic Committee** — The term “United States Olympic Committee” means the organization established by the “Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act” ([36 U.S.C. 220501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section220501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) **Amateur athletic competition** — The term “amateur athletic competition” means a contest, game, meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other event in which amateur athletes compete ([36 U.S.C. 220501(b)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section220501/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(3) **Amateur athlete** — The term “amateur athlete” means an athlete who meets the eligibility standards established by the national governing body or paralympic sports organization for the sport in which the athlete competes ([36 U.S.C. 22501(b)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section22501/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).11 So in original. Probably should be “220501(b)(1)).”
**(b) In general** The United States Anti-Doping Agency shall—
(1)
(A) serve as the independent anti-doping organization for the amateur athletic competitions recognized by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee;
(B) be responsible for certifying in advance any testing conducted by international organizations under the World Anti-Doping Code for international amateur athletes and athletic competitions occurring within the jurisdiction of the United States; and
(C) be recognized worldwide as the independent national anti-doping organization for the United States;
(2) ensure that athletes participating in amateur athletic activities recognized by the United States Olympic Committee
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**(a) Authority.—** For the sport that it governs, a national governing body may—
(1) represent the United States in the appropriate international sports federation;
(2) establish national goals and encourage the attainment of those goals;
(3) serve as the coordinating body for amateur athletic activity in the United States;
(4) exercise jurisdiction over international amateur athletic activities and sanction international amateur athletic competition held in the United States and sanction the sponsorship of international amateur athletic competition held outside the United States;
(5) conduct amateur athletic competition, including national championships, and international amateur athletic competition in the United States, and establish procedures for determining eligibility standards for participation in competition, except for amateur athletic competition specified in [section 220526 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section220526&num=0&edition=prelim);
(6) recommend to the corporation individuals and teams to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games; and
(7) designate individuals and teams to represent the United States in international amateur athletic competition (other than the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games) and certify, in accordance with applicable international rules, the amateur eligibility of those individuals and teams.
**(b) Replacement of National Governing Body Pursuant to Arbitration.—** A national governing body may not exercise any authority under subsection (a) of this section for a particular sport after another amateur sports organization has bee
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Page 467
TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 20302
(1) over 3,400,000 reports of suspected child
abuse and neglect are made each year;
(2) the investigation and prosecution of child
abuse cases is extremely complex, involving
numerous agencies and dozens of personnel;
(3) a key to a child victim healing from
abuse is access to supportive and healthy fam-
ilies and communities;
(4) traditionally, community agencies and
professionals have different roles in the pre-
vention, investigation, and intervention proc-
ess;
(5) in such cases, too often the system does
not pay sufficient attention to the needs and
welfare of the child victim, aggravating the
trauma that the child victim has already expe-
rienced;
(6) there is a national need to enhance co-
ordination among community agencies and
professionals involved in the intervention sys-
tem;
(7) multidisciplinary child abuse investiga-
tion and prosecution programs have been de-
veloped that increase the reporting of child
abuse cases, reduce the trauma to the child
victim, improve positive outcomes for the
child, and increase the successful prosecution
of child abuse offenders;
(8) such programs have proven effective, and
with targeted Federal assistance, have ex-
panded dramatically throughout the United
States; and
(9) State chapters of children’s advocacy
center networks are needed to—
(A) assist local communities in coordi-
nating their multidisciplinary child abuse
investigation, prosecution, and intervention
services; and
(B) provide oversight of, and training and
technical assistance in, the effective deliv-
ery of evidence-informed programming, and
operations of centers.
(Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 211, Nov. 29, 1990, 104
Stat. 4792; Pub. L. 102–586, § 6(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 1
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TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
§ 220501
charge of all liabilities shall be distributed as
provided by the board of trustees, but in compli-
ance with the constitution and bylaws of the
corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1465.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
220315 .........
36:1214.
Oct. 20, 1978, Pub. L. 95–493,
§ 14, 92 Stat. 1646.
The word ‘‘satisfaction’’ is omitted as included in
‘‘discharge’’, and the word ‘‘obligations’’ is omitted as
included in ‘‘liabilities’’. The words ‘‘outstanding’’ and
‘‘and all Federal and State laws applicable thereto’’ are
omitted as unnecessary.
CHAPTER 2205—UNITED STATES OLYMPIC
AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE
SUBCHAPTER I—CORPORATION
Sec.
220501.
Short title and definitions.
220502.
Organization.
220503.
Purposes.
220504.
Membership.
220505.
Powers and duties.
220506.
Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and
badges.
220507.
Restrictions.
220508.
Headquarters, principal office, and meetings.
220509.
Resolution of disputes.
220510.
Service of process.
220511.
Reports and audits.
220512.
Complete teams.
220513.
Annual amateur athlete survey.
220514.
Annual report on equal treatment of athletes.
SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES
220521.
Certification of national governing bodies.
220522.
Eligibility requirements.
220523.
Authority of national governing bodies.
220524.
General duties of national governing bodies.
220525.
Granting sanctions for amateur athletic com-
petitions.
220526.
Restricted amateur athletic competitions.
220527.
Complaints against national governing bod-
ies.
220528.
Applications to replace an incumbent na-
tional gove
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